From James Madison to Congress, 14 January 1811 (Abstract)
§ To Congress
14 January 1811. Transmits an account of the contingent expenses of government for 1810.
RC and enclosure, two copies (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages, 11A-D1; and DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E4). Each RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Enclosure (1 p.) is an account signed by Joseph Nourse, 4 Jan. 1811, showing a balance carried forward of $14,110, “there not having been any Expenditures on account of this fund in the year 1810.”